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School system selected for GLISI training designed to aid in improvement strategies
Only districts whose superintendents and staff commit to continuous improvement are eligible. To ensure full commitment from the top, chosen districts send a District Change Team led by their superintendent. Team members typically include principals, and assistant principals, and aspiring teacher leaders, who then return to their worksite to choose and lead an im- provement team to implement the leadership techniques learned at Base Camp and Leadership Summit training. "The skills, concepts and strategies that we will learn, practice, and refine through our participation with the Georgia Leadership Institute for School Improvement will enable us to be more effective instructional leaders and thereby have a direct impact on student achievement." commented Joyce Williams, superintendent of the Wilkes County School System. "Our participation is not only a win-win situation for us as administrators, but also for our teachers, our students, and the entire Wilkes County community." The foundation of GLISI Base Camp and Leadership Summit training is the emphasis on performance, including identifying key indicators, baselines, and improvement targets, and providing results in an electronic portfolio. GLISI Performance Consultants provide individualized resources and follow-up. Results are analyzed and leaders with outstanding outcomes become eligible for statewide recognition. The GLISI training features a data-driven, results-focused, and team-oriented approach to school improvement. Through the collaborative GLISI process, each district works on its own improvement issues while benefiting from the work and initiatives of others in the cohort. In its first three years, GLISI trained 13 cohorts made up of new and returning districts, representing 87 of Georgia's 181 districts. The waiting list for interested districts is long - and growing - as word of the value of the training spreads throughout the statewide educational community. Making the training even more beneficial to participating school districts is the fact that state and foundation grants cover the full cost of the six days of training, lodging, and meals.
Georgia's Leadership Institute for School Improvement is funded by numerous sources, including the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia, Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education, Georgia Professional Standards Commission, Georgia business leaders, and state and foundation grants.
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